Sanitary sealed carton



1 y 1927 F. A. SOLES -SANITARY SEALED CARTON Original Filed Jan. 26,. 1 926 Patented July 19, 1927.

UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

SANITARY SEALED CARTON.

Application filed January 26, 1926, Serial No. 83,921. ,Renewed June 4,1927. 7

The object of my invention is to'provide a novel sanitary sealed carton, having novel, simple. and 'eflicient' means for sealing the carton; and having convenient and novel means for opening it for the discharge of its contents; and having, novel means for rescaling the opening in the carton. I attain the objects of my invention by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view of my in- 'vention;

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a portion of the inside of the carton, as it appears when sealed;

F 8 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. l is a detail view of the device for opening the carton, the number 5 being concealed behind the wall of the carton but shown in dotted lines to indicate its position after the seal has been severed, the solid line portion of arm 7 indicating its disposition after severing the sea];

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the flap 3, in opened position; and

Fig. 6 is a similar view but with the arm 7 returned to its initial-position.

Like numerals indicate like parts in each of the several views.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I provide a suitable carton 1, provided with a semicircular or arcuate slit 2, by means of which the flap 3 is formed. A circular depressed port-ion 4; surrounds the slit 3, to receive the edge portion of the rotatable segment Arm 7 is afiixed to segment 5 by clip 8, and both segment 5 and arm 7 are pivotally "fastened to the carton by suitable pivot 6. I provide a thin sheet of paper or other suitable easily severable sealing material. 11, covering the slit 2 and forming end .10 of arm 7, to protrude for convenience in grasping and operating the device.

To open the carton, the operator grasps the protruding end 10 of arm 7 and swin s it "from the dotted line position shown in Fig 4- to the full line position shown in Fig. 4, then presses the flap 3 down to leave an'aperture 12 when it is desired to empty part or all of the contents of the carton. When it is desired to again close the carton, the end 10 01. arm 7 is again grasped and rotated I back to the position shown in Fig. 6, in which combination with a carton having a semi circular slit therein, a segment of suflicient area to completely close the aperture left by the flap formed by the slit, an arm aflixed to the segment and protruding through the slit portion of the carton, means for pivotally attaching the segment and arm to the carton,

and an easily severable seal initially covering the slit and forming an air-tight seal for the package which may readily be broken by swinging the arm through the slit.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a carton having an arcuate slit, an arm pivotally attached to the carton and having its end projecting through the slit, a severable strip of sealing material covering the slit and the major portion or the arm, the arm functioning to sever the sealing material and form a flap which can be opened for the discharge of the contents of the carton.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a carton having an arcuate slit, an arm pivotally mounted on the inside of the carton and having its endprojecting outwardly through the slit, a strip of sealing material such as paper covering the slitand the major portion of the arm, said ma? terial being severablewhen the arm is operated, and a segment having a portion thereof near one of its edges afiixed to the arm and operable therewith to form a gate or closure for the carton after the seal has been broken.

FRED A. SOLES. 

